Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>army</span></a> Maj Gen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharlesCalvinRogers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesCalvinRogers</span></a></p><p>Received the highest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> decoration in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MedalofHonor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedalofHonor</span></a></p><p>On Nov 1 1968, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VietnamWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VietnamWar</span></a>, despite a horrific injury, Rogers rallied his men in defense of their base and led the battalion until a major attack was repulsed</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> regime removed him from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a> website</p><p>Not only is his page now 404, they changed the URL</p><p>The word "medal"</p><p>in the URL</p><p>for the bio of this exemplary man</p><p>was changed to</p><p>"deimedal"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/defense-department-black-medal-of-honor-veteran" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/16/defense-department-black-medal-of-honor-veteran</span></a></p>